Pen cap for medication injection pen having temperature sensor

Inventors

Sjolund, John • Srinath, Ambika • Bochenko, Andrew • Crothall, George • Mazlish, Bryan • Block, Jennifer Martin • Matarese, Sarah • Mackowiak, Linda • Desborough, Lane

Assignees

Bigfoot Biomedical Inc

Abstract

One or more embodiments of the disclosure relate, generally, to a replacement pen cap for a medication injection pen comprising at least one temperature sensor for monitoring a temperature of a medication, detect dosing events, and determine that medication may be denatured based on temperature data, received analyte measurement data prior, and the detected dosing events.

Core Innovation

The invention provides a diabetes management system that uses an insulin delivery device having a dosing action detector and a transmitter. The dosing action detector detects at least one dosing action associated with the insulin delivery device, and the transmitter transmits dosing data related to the detected dosing action. A remote device in wireless communication with the insulin delivery device includes a receiver and a display for displaying dosing data and dosing recommendations within a graphical user interface of the remote device.

The dosing action is identified based on at least one of a capping event where a cap is secured over the insulin delivery device or an uncapping event where the cap is at least partially removed from over the insulin delivery device. Responsive to detecting the at least one capping or uncapping event, the system identifies at least one dosing action of the insulin delivery device, and the dosing data related to the identified or inferred dosing action is transmitted automatically without user action.

The system further includes dosing data display and dosing recommendation generation in a graphical user interface, with dosing data comprising one or more of a time of the inferred or identified dosing action, duration of an administered dose of medication, or amount of an administered dose of medication. In some configurations, the system transmits dosing data to a cloud computing platform and determines the dosing recommendation based at least in part on the received dosing data, and the remote device causes the dosing recommendation to be displayed in the graphical user interface.

Claims Coverage

The document includes four independent claim sets and one independent method claim. Across these, the inventive coverage centers on detecting dosing actions, including capping and uncapping events, transmitting dosing data automatically without user action, and presenting dosing data and dosing recommendations within a graphical user interface; the claims also specify whether dosing recommendations are determined at the remote device and/or using a cloud computing platform.

Overall, the independent claims collectively cover systems and a method for managing diabetes in which an insulin delivery device detects dosing actions, including through capping and uncapping events, automatically transmits dosing data without user action, and a remote device displays both dosing data and a dosing recommendation in a graphical user interface. Additional claim coverage includes use of a cloud computing platform to transmit dosing data and to determine the dosing recommendation.

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